From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 03:10:06 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: bpo-42559: Not that getrandbits() is non-negative. (GH-23843) (GH-23851)
X-Git-Tag: v3.9.2rc1~120
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bpo-42559: Not that getrandbits() is non-negative. (GH-23843) (GH-23851)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 8154dfc18ccc..0e703251259a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ Functions for integers
 
 .. function:: getrandbits(k)
 
-   Returns a Python integer with *k* random bits. This method is supplied with
-   the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators may also provide it
-   as an optional part of the API. When available, :meth:`getrandbits` enables
-   :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large ranges.
+   Returns a non-negative Python integer with *k* random bits. This method
+   is supplied with the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators
+   may also provide it as an optional part of the API. When available,
+   :meth:`getrandbits` enables :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large
+   ranges.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.9
       This method now accepts zero for *k*.